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		<title>I whip my sword out like Uma in Kill Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2022 12:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Lizzo whips her sword out and delivers a nice slice of simile action in her 2013 track Be Still</p>
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		<title>I blow like a missile</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rayner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Trevor, Barry and Shamele are here to throw some disappointingly average similes at you in this archetype of hip-hop simile.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://ihhsdb.com/i-blow-like-a-missile/">I blow like a missile</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ihhsdb.com">Internet Hip-hop Simile Database</a>.</p>
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		<title>The flow’s mad jazzy like Dizzy Gillespie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rayner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>With Jeru the Damaja as our guide, we explore the very fabric of what is and isn't hip-hop in this simile-laden track</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://ihhsdb.com/the-flows-mad-jazzy-like-dizzy-gillespie/">The flow’s mad jazzy like Dizzy Gillespie</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ihhsdb.com">Internet Hip-hop Simile Database</a>.</p>
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		<title>Burning them like charcoal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rayner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Want to find out which historical character ruined a hedge while drunk in a wheelbarrow? Then don your tuxedo, prime your toxic masculinity and read this.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://ihhsdb.com/burning-them-like-charcoal/">Burning them like charcoal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ihhsdb.com">Internet Hip-hop Simile Database</a>.</p>
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		<title>Mysteries blistering like the gold on Mr. T</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>13 similes and only half of them make sense? Must be Del the Funky Homosapien. This sounds like a job for the Simile Police.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://ihhsdb.com/mysteries-blistering-like-the-gold-on-mr-t/">Mysteries blistering like the gold on Mr. T</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ihhsdb.com">Internet Hip-hop Simile Database</a>.</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m spraying like a fountain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rayner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2019 18:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Things get a little heavy (literally) as we look at the similes in porky NY rapper Action Bronson's White Silk.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://ihhsdb.com/im-spraying-like-a-fountain/">I&#8217;m spraying like a fountain</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ihhsdb.com">Internet Hip-hop Simile Database</a>.</p>
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